toothfish

noun

tooth·fish | \ ˈtüth-ˌfish

plural toothfish or toothfishes

Definition of toothfish

: either of two large marine food fishes (genus Dissostichus of the family Nototheniidae) found especially in antarctic and subantarctic waters:

a : patagonian toothfish

b : antarctic toothfish

Examples of toothfish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The toothfish is an even trickier case because so much of its population lives outside the domain of any country. — Tristram Korten, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Hunt for the Modern-Day Pirates Who Steal Millions of Tons of Fish From the Seas," 21 Aug. 2020 Some fishing already occurred there for Antarctic toothfish, a predatory fish that is sold as the highly prized Chilean sea bass. — Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, "World's Largest Marine Reserve Created Off Antarctica," 28 Oct. 2016

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